Release Date: December 2020
Liabilities to, and Claims on, Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.16) 1
Payable in Foreign Currencies
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018 Dec 2019 Mar 2020 Jun 2020 Sep 2020/p
1 Financial firms` own liabilities 191,772 215,102 277,733 285,448 288,290 293,389 320,962
2 Deposits 114,938 104,720 136,563 147,090 150,347 135,184 145,643
3 Other liabilities 76,834 110,382 141,170 138,358 137,943 158,205 175,319
 
4 Financial firms` own claims 384,560 388,431 476,072 523,923 547,819 629,811 644,656
5 Deposits 145,437 128,940 144,179 167,020 194,657 216,875 218,887
6 Other claims 239,123 259,491 331,893 356,903 353,162 412,936 425,769
 
7 Claims of financial firms` domestic customers2 98,621 138,019 115,165 102,119 69,026 84,342 88,495
8 Deposits 17,822 25,355 27,511 28,550 28,160 28,190 27,079
9 Other claims 80,799 112,664 87,654 73,569 40,866 56,152 61,416
  1. Prior to December 2013, reporting firms include all types of depository institutions as well as some bank holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective December 2013, data include, in addition, all other nonbank financial firms. Data on claims exclude uninvested foreign currencies held by U.S. monetary authorities.   Return to table
  2. Claims on foreigners reported by firms located in the United States, in which the assets are held by the firm for the accounts of domestic customers.   Return to table
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Last Update: December 23, 2020